Bulletproof Your Job: 4 Simple Strategies To Ride Out The Rough Times AnD Come Out On Top At Work - Hardcover

Viscusi, Stephen

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0061713600 ISBN 13: 9780061713606

Publisher: HarperCollins, 2008

Synopsis

There's no doubt about it, today's workplace is an uncertain and treacherous territory. Newspaper headlines are proclaiming near record-high levels of unemployment, and, in these tough times, companies are making swift judgments about human capital.

The bottom line: No job is safe.

But there are tried and true ways to fight off sudden unemployment successfully, and the number one weapon in your arsenal is workplace expert and television and radio personality Stephen Viscusi's career manifesto, Bulletproof Your Job. Based on four simple strategies for dodging the layoff bullet and a long list of ways to implement these strategies, Bulletproof Your Job may save you from your worst enemy at work—which just so happens to be you.

Quite simply, observe these imperative rules:

Be visible. Be easy. Be useful. Be ready.

With plenty of distinct action items, dozens of anecdotal illustrations and examples, and lists and tips for adapting bulletproof strategies to your own situation, Bulletproof Your Job will show you how to leverage the black-and-white stuff—your title, salary, and tenure—with the gray stuff—your relationship with coworkers, visibility in the workplace, and ability to make your boss look good—to ward off the pink stuff—the dreaded layoff notice. While you're at it, you'll be creating a long-term strategy for job security and career advancement that ensures you'll never feel this vulnerable again.

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Synopsis

But there is a way to combat corporate cut backs, and the number one weapon every reader should have in his or her arsenal is workplace expert Stephen Viscusi's "Bulletproff Your Job: How to Ride Out the Rough Times and Come Out on Top at Work". Based on four simple strategies and 50 spot-on practical tactics for dodging the layoff bullet, "Bulletproff Your Job" may save you from your worse enemy at work - you. In a nutshell: Be visible. Be easy. Be useful. Be ready. If it were as simple as being the most productive person in the office, hanging on to your job during tough times would be easy - just work harder. But it's not just about that, it's about a lot of things - black-and-white stuff like what kind of job you have, how long you've been there, and how much money you make. It's also about grey stuff like how well you get along with your co-workers, how visible you are in the organization, or how good you make your boss look.

Edition details

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0061713600
• ISBN 13: 9780061713606
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192